View full sizeJasper attorney Garve Ivey sits in a Mobile County Circuit Court in this June 15, 2000, file photo.(Mike Kittrell/Press-Register of Mobile file)

JASPER, Alabama -- Garve Ivey Jr., a disbarred Jasper lawyer and former official in the state trial lawyers association, has been arrested on multiple counts of theft, Attorney General Luther Strange announced this afternoon.

Ivey, 60, surrendered this afternoon at the Walker County Sheriff's Office, according to the statement from Strange's office. Bail was set at $210,000, according to the statement.

A jailer, contacted at 4:15 p.m., said Ivey was not in the county jail.

The attorney general's office had presented evidence to a Walker County grand jury this morning, resulting in the indictment against Ivey, according to the attorney general's statement.

The indictment charges Ivey with one count of second-degree theft of a check or currency valued between $500 and $2,500 and 10 counts of first-degree theft of a check or currency valued at more than $2,500.

The attorney general's office was not releasing any other information about the alleged crimes.

If convicted, Ivey faces a maximum penalty of two to 20 years imprisonment and a fine of up to $30,000 for each of the 10 counts of first-degree theft, which is a class B felony; and one to 10 years imprisonment and a fine of up to $15,000 for the count of second-degree theft, which is a class C felony, according to the attorney general's statement.

The attorney general's statement cited an Alabama State Bar Association publication that states Ivey was disbarred from the practice of law in Alabama, effective March 14, 2011, by order of the Supreme Court of Alabama. Ivey had consented to disbarment based on two investigations concerning the misappropriation of third-party and client funds from Ivey's trust account.

Ivey, who had been active in politics, was sentenced by a judge in 2000 to 30 days in jail and fined $1,000 for his role in an ex-hooker's election-year 1998 accusations against Lt. Gov. Steve Windom. The misdemeanor conviction, however, was reversed and a judgment of acquittal entered in 2001 in that case.

Ivey is the brother of Hoover Mayor Gary Ivey.

Updated at 6:25 p.m. with information that Ivey is the brother of Hoover's mayor